Supreme Court of Monaco

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administrative court constitutional court court judicial body

The Supreme Court of Monaco is the principality’s highest judicial authority, responsible for constitutional review and overseeing the legality of administrative actions.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
courts and tribunals of Monaco in matters within its jurisdiction	0	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative court → constitutional court → court → judicial body →
appealsFrom	administrative authorities of Monaco → lower administrative courts or bodies in Monaco →
appointment	members appointed by the Prince of Monaco → members proposed by various Monegasque institutions →
bindingForce	its decisions are final in Monaco →
bindingOn	Monégasque government → surface form: administrative authorities of Monaco Supreme Court of Monaco self-linksurface differs → surface form: courts and tribunals of Monaco in matters within its jurisdiction
characteristic	smallest constitutional court in Europe by number of judges →
composition	2 substitute members → 5 full members →
country	Monaco →
establishedBy	Constitution of Monaco NERFINISHED →
function	ensure conformity of laws with the Constitution of Monaco → ensure legality of administrative actions →
headedBy	President of the Supreme Court of Monaco →
hearsCases	applications for annulment of administrative acts for excess of power → individual petitions alleging violation of constitutional rights →
independence	constitutionally guaranteed independence from executive power →
jurisdiction	Monaco →
language	French →
legalBasis	Title IX of the Constitution of Monaco →
legalNature	special court distinct from ordinary judiciary →
legalSystem	civil law →
location	Monaco-Ville → Rock of Monaco →
power	annulment of administrative decisions → annulment of ministerial decrees → annulment of sovereign ordinances → award of damages in administrative disputes → interpretation of constitutional provisions →
reportsTo	no higher judicial authority in Monaco →
role	constitutional review → highest judicial authority in Monaco → judicial review of administrative acts → protection of constitutional rights →
subjectMatter	administrative disputes → certain disputes involving public law contracts → constitutional disputes → electoral disputes concerning national elections →
territorialScope	entire territory of Monaco →
typeOfReview	concrete review of constitutionality → judicial review of administrative legality →

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Monaco → bindingOn → Supreme Court of Monaco self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: courts and tribunals of Monaco in matters within its jurisdiction

Monaco → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Monaco →